Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
Game 1 (Resumed)
The RailRiders and Bisons had their game suspended last night after three innings. They were trailing 2-0, and they lost their starting center fielder to the big boys in the Bronx. That didn’t stop them, though. They improved to 14-6 after dispatching the Bisons 4-2. (Asterisks denote lines from yesterday.)
- Starting Pitcher: RHP Nick Green*: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
- In Relief: RHP Kyle Barraclough*: 0.1 IP, zeroes, K
- Starting Pitcher/In Relief: RHP Adam Warren: 3.0 IP, zeros, 3 K – 62% of his pitches were strikes…the Yankees’ old reliable is really rounding into form
- In Relief: RHP Braden Bristo: 2.0 IP, zeros, 3 K – 59% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: RHP Luis García: 1.0 IP, 1 H, zeroes, 1 K – a nice 69% of his pitches were strikes…nice game for Luis, who has struggled lately
- Following Florial: CF Estevan Florial: 1-2, K – called up to the Bronx mid-game, lol
- Power Stroke: SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI – his blast gave the RailRiders the lead
- Double Trouble: 2B/LF Andrew Velazquez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI – he tied the game, and scored on Park’s HR…all in the 5th
- Leftovers: Quiet game overall…Zack Zehner and Max McDowell had the other hits…the team had three walks so had some traffic, but was carried by the pitching that allowed just 1 hit and walked zero today
Game 2
The RailRiders swept the double-header and improved to 15-6. They won 3-2 in 7 innings (the first game was 9 because it was suspended yesterday) and pitched a one-hitter. Good stuff.
- Starting Pitcher: RHP Brian Keller: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 5 BB, 3 K – 57% of his pitches were strikes but he still walked 5 in 4 innings
- In Relief: RHP Sal Romano: 2.0 IP, zeros, 2 K – 80% of his pitches were strikes..machine-like outing
- In Relief: RHP Nick Goody: 1.0 IP, zeros, 2 K – 75% of his pitches were strikes…not a bad outing for the pen overall
- Hitting Star: CF Thomas Milone: 2-3, 1 R, 2 2B – dude is on fire to start the season
- Leftovers: Utterly brutal game otherwise…Socrates Brito had the other Scranton hit…Hoy Jun Park was the only other player to reach base
Double-A Somerset Patriots
Game 1
The Patriots fell to the Fisher Cats 10-8 in an honestly wild first game of the doubleheader. They tied the game down 3 in the bottom of the 9th and came back to tie it again in the 10th inning, but ultimately could not get it done, falling to 14-6 with the loss.
- Starting Pitcher: RHP Glenn Otto: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 7 K – 61% of his pitches were strikes…Otto has been solid, but this was a rough night…needed 92 pitches to get into the 5th…retired just 14 of 22 batters faced
- In Relief: RHP Ron Marinaccio: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K – 63% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: RHP Greg Weissert: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 4 K – 61% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: RHP Keegan Curtis: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R (2 ER), 1 K – 68% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: RHP Jefry Valdez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 BB – just 47% of his pitches were strikes…took the loss
- Dermis Power Threat: 1B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – homered in the first…he is really on a roll right now
- Leftovers: Not a lot to write home about in this one…the Patriots were 6-39 and had more walks than hits in the 11-inning affair…they did have 3 SB, though…Oswaldo Cabrera, Michael Beltre, Isiah Gillam, Max Burt, and Matt Pita had the non-Dermis hits
Game 2
The second game in this one started around 9:30 pm. As much as I love you guys, and I do, I’m not staying up. I’ll update this in the morning. Here is the live box score to hold you over. Luis Gil is pitching.
High-A Hudson Valley Renegades
The ‘Gades’ dance with .500 continues. They won 11-8 and improved to 11-10 on the season. They struck out 14 Blue Claws and walked just 4.
- Starting Pitcher: RHP Mitch Spence: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 6 K – 72% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: LHP Josh Maciejewski: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 3 K – 68% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: RHP Nelson L. Alvarez: 1.0 IP, zeros, 1 K – 66% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: LHP Matt Minnick: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 K – 53% of his pitches were strikes….had an 11-7 lead in the 9th, struck out the first two batters, and then walked 3 and hit a guy with a pitch before being removed…tough
- In Relief: RHP Nick Ernst: 0.1 IP, 1 K – 60% of his pitches were strikes
- Hitting Star: SS Oswald Peraza: 4-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 SB – really, really nice game…brought his average up to .302
- Multi-Hit Watch: 2B Eduardo Torrealba: 2-4, 1 BB
- Multi-Hit Watch V2: LF Frederick Cuevas: 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI
- Leftovers: 13-hit day for Hudson Valley…Eric Wagaman, Saul Torres, Kyle MacDonald, and Alex Guerrero had the other hits…they also had 7 walks
Single-A Tampa Tarpons
Hey, look: the Tarpons scored double-digit runs again. They’re now 16-6 on the season after dispatching the Blue Jays 10-7. Dunedin actually hat more hits and walks, but whatever. Tampa won.
- Starting Pitcher: LHP Ryan Anderson: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 2 K – 53% of his pitches were strikes…tough outing
- In Relief: LHP Michael Giacone: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K – 61% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: RHP Derek Craft: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K – 68% of his pitches were strikes
- In Relief: RHP Zack Kohn: 2.1 IP, zeros, 1 BB, 2 K– 58% of his pitches were strikes
- First Round Watch: SS Anthony Volpe: 0-6, 1 SB
- First Round Watch: C Austin Wells: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
- Hauver Heat Check: 2B Trevor Hauver: 1-4, 1 BB
- Multi-Hit Watch: 1B Andres Chapparo: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
- Leftovers: Carlos Narvaez, Juan de Leon, Josh Smith, and Jesus Bastidas had the other hits
Mooooooose
what’s next for peraza? on one hand, he’s got a .253 ISO, .945 OPS+, with a 17.5% K rate. on the other, he’s two weeks from 21 with a probably unsustainable 22.7% HR/FB rate.
which of the three are most likely by the trade deadline: a) promote him to double-A b) keep him at HV to show his production is not sample size noise b) sell very high on him for a deadline upgrade